Police continue search for bank robbery suspect

Pottstown Police responded to a bank robbery Friday afternoon at the National Penn Bank at High and Franklin streets. The suspect is a heavyset man in his 30s about 5 ft 8 inches tall. He was last seen heading south on South Franklin Street. Photo by John Strickler/The Mercury

POTTSTOWN  Police confirmed Saturday that a man stole an undisclosed amount of money from the National Penn Back in the borough Friday afternoon.

Officers responded to the bank at the intersection of High and Franklin streets at 3:45 p.m. after a heavy-set white male in his 30s wearing a brown, hooded sweatshirt fled from the bank.

Police said that the mans face was covered while he was in the bank. The suspect was also described as being between 5 feet 8 inches tall and 5 feet 10 inches tall.

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Police said the FBI does not believe that the suspect is connected to the robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank in Whitpain around 12:30 p.m. Friday, but local police are not going to rule that option out until all the evidence has been processed.